Rated 8/10
Powerful themes, angelic singing, and beautiful piano. The transitions on this album were so seamless and perfect. However, the songs were kind of samey and none of them really jump out, making it hard to actually pick a favorite.
Favorite Track: Borderline (An Ode to Self Care)
Rated 8/10
I thought the alien beep-boop noises were pretty funny. Aside from that this is a standard good rock album.
Favorite Track: Tom Sawyer
Rated 4/10
Pretty basic stuff. The music is nice and the lyrics are okay and there's not really much else to say.
Rated 4/10
The Beach Boys' classic harmonies and swinging instrumentals are definitely here, but the basic lyricism and misogyny are here as well. You can just turn your brain off for a bit but the generic lyrics and samey short songs are still a pretty bad combo.
Favorite Track: She Knows Me Too Well
Rated 6/10
Very ambient and atmospheric. A great chill listen. This could easily be the soundtrack for a dramatic sci-fi movie.
Favorite Track: Phaedra
Rated 6/10
There's some really good guitar on this.
Favorite Track: You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks
Rated 6/10
Green Onions is one of the greatest instrumental tracks of all time. Unfortunately, the album it comes from is pretty samey and as a whole, uninteresting. All the songs are great, but the constant organ and guitar combo makes it all blend together.
Favorite Track: Green Onions
Rated 4/10
Kinda basic stuff. Pretty boring.
Favorite Track: Man at C&A
Rated 10/10
An incredibly enchanting album. Simon's vocals and acoustic guitar are a lethal combination. Also a shoutout to the various instruments that appeared throughout the album, those were really good.
Favorite Track: Paranoia Blues
A truly grating listening experience. The "songs" on this album were one of two things: a mishmash of earraping noises or a muffled recording of someone talking slapped onto a repetitive beat. I will give it one thing: it did sound pretty haunting at times. Intentionally or not, I did enjoy those bits, even though it was literally just two tracks (Hamburger Lady and Hometime). This is now two for two on British albums being one star. Coincidence?
Favorite Track: Hamburger Lady
Rated 4/10
Fairly basic stuff.
Favorite Track: Get Behind Me
Rated 8/10
Favorite Tracks: Niki Hoeky | A Natural Woman
Rated 6/10
My opinion on Mitchell's sing-talking hasn't changed since I listened to "Hejira" back in mid-January, which is to say that I still don't like it. This album had a bit less of it though, and I think the instrumentals on this were great.
Favorite Tracks: Harry's House / Centerpiece | In France They Kiss on Main Street
Rated 4/10
Pretty mediocre. Didn't really like the style of singing.
Rated 2/10
This album is comically bad. My jaw was hanging open throughout the majority of the first track because how shit it was. The flow sucks, the beats are goofy as hell, and the lyrics are basic and repetitive. Every song repeats the chorus like 5 times and its infuriating. This is why this is my first ever 1-rated album.
Back to back saxophone perfection!!
Favorite Track: The Girl From Ipanema
Rated 8/10
The few saxophone appearances on here were amazing.
Favorite Tracks: Just the Way You Are | Scenes from an Italian Restaurant | Vienna
Rated 8/10
Favorite Tracks: Drive My Car | Norwegian Wood
Rated 8/10
Very ominous album. Some of these instrumentals would be right at home in a survival horror game.
Favorite Tracks: A Forest, A Reflection
Rated 8/10
Favorite Tracks: Superstition, Tuesday Heartbreak
